Original Airdate: Friday, October 13th, 2006
Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
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We get a No Mercy recap before the introduction and pyro.
United States Championship Match
Mr. Kennedy vs. Chris Benoit
Kennedy talks about how he beat the Undertaker last night and that it wasn't good enough for Teddy Long. He now has to face another man that he's never beat. If he beats him, he gets to go to Raw. Benoit gets to make two surprise matches in one week. Kennedy attacks him on his way to the ring, but it's only a matter of seconds until Benoit is hitting a snap suplex. We get a stiff battle with Kennedy on the apron that leads to Kennedy being thrown back in and Benoit hitting the top rope headbutt. Benoit locks in the Sharpshooter and then switches to the Crippler Crossface, but Kennedy is able to grab the bottom rope. After the commercial break, Kennedy is able to hit the WWE's favorite spot by hitting Benoit's shoulder into the ring post. Kennedy is able to hit his shoulder in the post a second time and Benoit is in pain. Benoit tries to sneak on a Sharpshooter, but Kennedy is able to block it and keeps on with an aggressive attack. Undertaker's music hits and the smoke starts to fill the entrance. Benoit is able to start battling back and hits a German suplex. Kennedy battles out of a second one, but Undertaker is out now and Benoit finishes the trio and adds a fourth. He slaps on the Crippler Crossface and Kennedy taps. We have a new United States Champion and now Undertaker is gone. This was a good way to kick off the show and a better match than his match with Regal at No Mercy.
Match Rating: ***1/4
They show Vince McMahon's return on Raw and his announcement of the main event of Cyber Sunday. King Booker is not happy about having to defend his championship next week on SmackDown.
William Regal vs. Vito
They highlight Regal's rough night at No Mercy. Regal pulls Vito out of the ring and hits a nice boot to the face that sends him into the steps. Vito tries to get some offense by mooning the crowd, but misses from the top rope. Regal goes for a sunset flip, but Vito counters it, shoves his junk in his face and wins. This just continues to never end.
Match Rating: *
Bobby Lashley talks about earning his way to the #1 contender. He says that he welcomes the pressure.
MVP is out to talk about his match at No Mercy and how vicious of an opponent that was selected for him. The crowd chants "Power Ranger" again at him. He says that he wants some real competition here and that brings out Teddy Long. His opponent is the man who lost on Raw and now is on the SmackDown roster, Kane.
MVP vs. Kane
MVP keeps delaying the start of the match to do some stretching in the corner. He claims to get some sweat in his eye and rolls outside. Kane is out there to attack him, but the match has not officially started yet. After taking a beating, MVP rakes the eyes of Kane and heads to the back. There was never a match here.
They show the John Cena Marine video again.
Jamie Noble vs. Rey Mysterio
Chavo and Vickie Guerrero come out before the bell rings. He promises that they are just going to stand there and not interfere in his match. We come back from commercial and the match has started. After a tilt-a-whirl headscissors by Mysterio, Noble is able to throw Mysterio into the turnbuckle. Noble hits a little bit of an awkward running knee for a 2 count. Mysterio hits a roll through kick to the head and follows it up with a springboard moonsault. Rey hits a seated senton, but takes too long to capitalize and gets hit with a powerslam. Mysterio comes back and trips him up and hits the 619. He follows it up with the springboard leg drop and that is all. After the match, Chavo congratulates Rey and asks if he's proud of himself for driving Chavo to the low point of his career. Chavo says that the only way they're going to finish this is if one of them quits. Chavo challenges Rey to an I Quit match next week. Vickie interjects and says that the difference between Eddie and Rey wasn't in the last name, it's that Eddie had balls. Rey accepts and says that those words will be coming out of Chavo's mouth. The match was decent, but only designed to continue the feud with Chavo.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Maryse welcomes back to SmackDown.
Brian Kendrick, Paul London & Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Idol Stevens, KC James & Sylvan
All 6 men are in the ring almost instantly and the faces clear the ring. London and Yang hit stereo dives and then hold up James ad Stevens for Kendrick, but Sylvan comes from behind and gets to him before he can. The heels single out Kendrick and go to work. Well, I'm guessing this is going to be a quick one because he already makes the hot tag to Yang. London ducks and James and Stevens fly out of the ring. London hits a dive, Kendrick hits Dr. Teeth on Sylvan and Yang hits a moonsault to finally pick up a victory. This was spiritied, but short.
Match Rating: *3/4
After a Raw Rebound, they talk to Finlay and he says he's going to knock Lashley's teeth out and beat Batista tonight.
After commercial, it's Batista's time to talk. He says he doesn't want anything handed to him and he's on his way to winning back his World Heavyweight Championship.
Out comes King Booker and Queen Sharmell.
World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Triple Threat Match
Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay vs. Batista
We get a double boot to the face between Lashley and Batista, so in comes Finlay to take advantage. He dumps Batista out of the ring and goes to work on Lashley. Lashley comes back at him and hits the running powerslam. In comes Hornswoggle and jumps on the referee. It leads to Lashley chasing him around the ring and then clotheslining Finlay. Batista comes back in the ring and hits clotheslines on both men. He clotheslines Finlay over the top and hits a spinebuster on Lashley. He goes for the Batista Bomb on Lashley, but Finlay runs in and hits a clothesline. Back outside the ring, Batista slams both men's heads into the steps and starts clearing off the announce table. Batista tries to powerslam Finlay through the table, but for some reason, Lashley stops him. He and Finlay then work together and slam Batista through the table. Finlay and Lashley battle now and it leads to Finlay hitting the Celtic Cross. Batista is able to crawl back in and break up the pin attempt. Finlay takes a piece of the table and throws it at Batista's head. Batista goes for a press slam on Lashley, but Batista hits him with a Spear and all 3 men are down. Finlay ducks a clothesline and Batista hits Lashley. Finlay then hits a DDT on Batista for a 2 count. Hornswoggle throws in a chair and even though it's legal, the referee steps on it before he can get to it. Finlay grabs the shillelagh and hits Lashley with it. Batista avoids it and hits the Batista Bomb for the victory. They gave these guys a lot of time and they had mostly a standard match until the final few moments when it kicked into the next gear. So next week, we are getting Batista vs. King Booker again.
Match Rating: **3/4
This was a strong episode for the blue brand. They came off of a decent pay-per-view and put together a good show. It started off hot and ended with a crowd pleasing finish. They also set the stage for a really big episode next week, as they go into a lengthy period of no pay-per-view.
Overall Rating: 63%
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